Below is what I help families with, where most families start, and the ongoing and specialist support available once we've begun.
Support for babies from before birth up until 24 months. Complex medical and additional needs support continues up to your child's fourth birthday.
Every family is different. All packages begin with a free 20-minute video or telephone consultation.
Book a free consultation →The everyday support families come to me for, in your own home and shaped around your baby.
Calm, judgement-free feeding support at home for whichever way you choose to feed your baby.
Years supporting feeding difficulties for babies on children's wards. Personal experience: breast and combination feeding, both of my babies with tongue tie, one with low birth weight.
Practical, evidence-based guidance on sleep and settling, shaped around your baby's stage and your family's routine.
Seven years as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Children's Respiratory and Sleep, alongside the day and night rhythms of my own two children.
Expert care for your baby in your own home while you rest, sleep, shower, eat, attend an appointment or simply have a few hours back.
Over a decade of day-to-day infant care in clinical settings, and the same care given to my own two children at home.
Restful nights while I tend to feeds, settling and night wakings. You wake to a fed, settled baby and a few hours of proper sleep behind you.
Years of overnight shifts on NHS children's wards, and first-hand knowledge of what broken nights with a newborn ask of you.
Core support is available as a standalone visit or built into a package. Get in touch and we'll work out what suits your family.
Most families begin with a single visit. Which one depends on whether your baby has arrived yet.
A calm, practical session in your own home before your baby arrives, so the first days feel familiar rather than daunting.
A reset for the whole family once your baby is here: hands-on help with the practical side, and time given to your own recovery.
Where families go from here: further sessions and longer stretches of support brought together into packages, and specialist care when your baby needs it. Always with the aim of building your confidence in the long run.
A gentle start for the first few weeks with your newborn.
Ongoing support through the first weeks, with me close at hand.
Support from before birth through the whole fourth trimester, with priority access to me throughout.
For families who mainly need rest. Choose daytime or overnight care, with travel included.
Enquire about this package →Each package is shaped around your family, so pricing is discussed on your free consultation call.
For families who need a little more clinical experience by their side.
From £150 per session
Support for families settling in at home after a prolonged hospital stay or an admission during the fourth trimester.
Extensive ward experience bringing vulnerable babies home, including tube feeding and home ventilation. Personal experience: my own baby was readmitted for jaundice and poor weight gain.
Tailored in-home support for babies and toddlers with extra medical needs, and for the parents caring for them.
Over a decade of clinical nursing with children who have complex and additional needs, including Makaton Level 1 and 2 training.
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I give practical, hands-on support at home in the weeks after your baby arrives: feeding, sleep and settling, everyday newborn care, and an experienced eye on weight gain and wellbeing. I also look after you: your recovery, your confidence, and the questions that only occur to you once the front door closes. Everything happens in your own home, so there is no appointment to get to. The approach is a sustainable one: everything I do is aimed at building your confidence as parents, so that over time you need me less rather than more.
Mainly the clinical background. I am a Registered Children's Nurse with over 15 years of NHS experience caring for babies and children, so alongside feeding and sleep I can support families whose baby has come home from NICU or a children's ward, or who is managing tube feeding, oxygen or regular medication. I am not a midwife; your midwife looks after the birth and the immediate checks that follow it.
Whenever is easiest. Some families book before the birth so the support is already in place; others call partway through a hard fortnight, which is just as welcome. Because I take a limited number of families at a time, getting in touch earlier gives you more choice of dates, and that matters most for overnight care.
The Cotswolds and North Wiltshire, working out from my home near Malmesbury. The towns closest to me (Malmesbury, Cricklade, Kemble, South Cerney, Cirencester and Tetbury) can usually have support at short notice. Cheltenham, Chippenham, Calne, Lechlade and west Swindon are planned in advance. If your town is not listed, get in touch anyway and we will work out whether it is manageable.
The two entry sessions, Newborn Foundations and the Fourth Trimester Reset, are £195 for two hours in your home. Specialist sessions start at £150. Packages run from £300 for New Parent Essentials to £1,800 for the Complete Fourth Trimester, and bespoke support starts at £300. Core support is priced on enquiry so it can flex to your family. Every package begins with a free 20-minute consultation, and there is no charge for that call.
Yes. I arrive at 10pm and stay until 6am, caring for your baby through the night (feeds, changes and settling) while you sleep properly. Overnight care is available as a standalone visit or inside the Rest & Recovery package. In the areas nearest me a single night is straightforward to arrange; further out, overnight care is offered within a package so the nights can be planned to do the most good.
Yes, and without any agenda about how you feed. I support breast, bottle and combination feeding: latch and positioning, expressing, building or protecting supply, working out what is behind slow weight gain, and being honest with you about when something needs referring on to your GP, health visitor or an infant feeding specialist. Feeding was hard for me with both of my own babies, so I do understand how it feels from the other side.
This is the part of my NHS career I draw on most. I spent years as a children's respiratory and long-term ventilation nurse, bringing vulnerable babies home and giving parents the confidence to care for them there: tube feeding, home oxygen, regular medications and readmissions for feeding, breathing or jaundice. I support babies and toddlers with complex medical or additional needs up to their fourth birthday.
I hold a Masters in Nursing Science from the University of Nottingham and am a Registered Nurse (Child). I began my NHS career at Great Ormond Street Hospital and have since worked at the Royal Brompton and King's College Hospital, specialising in children's respiratory, sleep and long-term ventilation care, and I am currently in an NHS clinical leadership role. I have also completed Makaton Levels 1 and 2. I am a mother of two.
It is a 20-minute video or telephone call, with nothing to prepare. You tell me where you are and what is hardest at the moment, I explain what I would suggest and what it would cost, and you go away and think about it. If it is not the right fit, or the timing is wrong, I will say so.
Tell me a little about your family and the support you're looking for. I'll be in touch shortly with a link to book a time that suits you.
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